Smoker&#39;s mouthpiece



1,665,023 A. GANzFRlED ET AL.

SMOKER S MOUTHPIECE April 3', 1928.

' Filed July 21. 192e Patented Apr. 3, 192,8.A

UNITI-:o 'STATES PATENT .ol-Fiom sMoKERs MOUTHPIECE.

Application led July 21;,

Our invention is asmokers mouthpiece y'adapted for use with cigarettes and may be made in the form of a cigarette holder.

-An object of our invention is to I nake a smokers mouthpiece .particularly v1n the form of` a'cig'arette holder so that the smoke will have to traverse an elongated passage from the cigarette to the mouth end of the mouthpiece, thereby cooling the smoke.

lA further object of ourv inventi-on is to form the mouthpiece with a series of lon itudinal passages connected together at tie ends so that the smoke from a cigarette/ holder at the endof the mouthpiece will be required to traverse the longitudinal 'passage in a zig zag path, thereby allowing cooling'y of the smoke.

In one'form of our constructionwe have the mouthpiece made with a series of longi' tudinal grooves connecte-d together at their ends, the' end of one of the grooves being connected by a bore tothe mouth end 'of the mouthpiece and the other end of the continuous passage formed by the grooves ispconnected by a bore to a cigarette holder. The mouthpiece having the grooveson the outside surface is covered by a sleeve screw threaded into engagement with the' cigarette holder, thereby forming an air-tight closure =or the passages but allowing removal of the closure for cleaning ofthe various grooves.

In another form of our construction we .have a series of fine longitudmal bores eX- tending lengthwise of a stem piece, these' being-arranged preferably in a circle and having connections forme-d on the ends with a mouthpiece and a cigarette holder so as to connect adjacent bores one `to the other. The mouthpiece is provided with a centering attachmentv slo -that `it maybe properly positioned relative to the stem. The holder is alsov provided with a somewhat similar centering arrangement allowin its detachment. Therefore the bores in t e stem may readily be cleaned b passing a cleaning implement therethrough Our invention is illustrated in the following drawings, in which; l Figure 1 is a perspective view of our smokers mouthpiece with a cigarette in the holder;

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1 in the direction of the arrows;

Fig. 3 is a side elevation enlarged, showingr` 1926. Serial No. 123,893.

the longitudinal grooves on the stem part oft ythe mouthpiece f "Fig 4 is a cross sect-ion of Fig.,3 on the l1ne 4-4 in the direction of the arrows;

Fig. 5 is a cross section onthe line 5-'5 of Fig. 3 in the direction of the arrows;

Fig. 6 is a side elevation of a modification in which the stem part is separable from the mouthpiece and the holder end, and has a smoke passage formed by a series of bores extending longitudinally through the stem; Fig. 7 is a longitudinal section of Fig. 6 on the line 7-7 in the direction of the arrows;

Fig. 8 is a cross section of Fig. 7 on the line y8---8 in the direction of the arrows.

In the construction of. Figs. 1 to 5, a stem Isection 1 has ase-ries of longitudinal grooves A cigarette holder 7 in the form o a tube v is attached to the vend of' the stem opposite the mouth end. and a bore 8 extends fromthe end of one of the grooves to the base of the cigarette holder. This particularv groove would be at the termination of ythe zig zag passage formed by the longitudinal and the short tranverse grooves.

The cigarette holder structure is provided with screw threads 9 and a sleeve 10,is fitted over the stem, being passe-d over the mouth end and threaded-on the threads 9. This sleeve is preferably slightly tapered inwardly, contacting with the-ta ered surface 11 on the end of the stem ad]acent the mouth end. Therefore when the sleeve is threaded tightly `on thel threads 9 this'forms a substantially air-tight seal at such threads and atthe slightly tapered portion 11.,

In this type of smokers mouthpiece it will be apparent that the smoke from a cigarette must traverse an extended passage through the grooves onI the periphery of the stem and that thesleeve maybe readily detached to allow cleaning of these grooves. It is manifest that the stem and the sleeve may of any suitable material.

In the construction of Figs. 6 and 7, the stem 12 is provided with a series of bores'- 13 extending from end to end land the mouth end 14 has a bore 15 extending therethrough.

be made There are a series of short transverse semi- `circular grooves 16 registering with similar grooves 17 on the end of the stem section. The bore 15 connects with one of the longitudinal grooves 13.

A series of grooves 18 and 19 are formed in the end of the stem opposite the mouthpiece and in the cigarette holder 20. These grooves connect adJacent longitudinal bores 13 alternately so as to make an elongated zig zag passage for smoke from the bore 15 to the bore 21 through the cigarette holder base 22.

In this construction it is necessary to have plugs 23 or the like on the mouthpiece and end 24 or the like on the cigarette holder and fitting in complementary recesses in the stem to properly locate and center the bores in the mouthpiece end and in the cigarette holder end wit-l1 their proper grooves. These are held in place preferably by a tight friction fit. In the construction as illustrated inFxgs.

'I 6 and 7, when it is desired to clean the smokers mouthpiece the mouthpiece end and the cigarette holder end maybe removed from the stem and the longitudinal bores 13 cleaned by any suitable implement. The short connecting grooves in the ends of the stem and the ends`of the mouthpiece section and cigarette holder section will likewise be `readily cleaned.

From the above description it will be seen that we'have developed a simple type of smokers mouthpiece which may be designated as a cigarette holder lin which the smoke must follow a path of considerable length before entering the mouth, thus`cooling the smoke, and'moreoventhis provides a device which may be readily cleaned.

It will be noted in the construction of Figs. 1 through 5 that the end of the stem adJacent the cigarette holder is screw threaded and the end adjacent the mouthpiece is tapered. vTherefore when ythe cylindrical sleeve 10 is inserted over the mouthpiece and screwed tight to the threads, it forms a smoke tight seal at both ends of the stem and moreover by this construction the sleeve is readily removable for cleaning.

It is manifest that the details of construc` tion may be considerably changed both generally or specifically, to form different types of mouthpiece constructions.' Such changes would be within the spirit of our invention as set forth in the description, drawings and claims.

Having described our invention, what we claim is:

l. A smokers appliance comprising in combination, a cylindricalv stem having a mouth piece at one end and a cigarette holder lixedly secured at theiother end, a Aseries of connecting grooves on the peripheral surface of the stein, said grooves being connected to smoke passages through the mouth piece and to the cigarette holder, screw threads at the holder end of the stem, and a. sleeve insertable over the mouth piece and the stem and screwedon said threads.

2. A smokers appliance comprising in combination, a cylindrical stem havin a mouth piece at one end and a cigarette hoder iixedly secured at the other end, there being screw threads adjacent the holder end, a series of grooves lon the periphery of the stem connected to smoke passages through the mouth piece and to the holder, the stem at the mouth piece end having a tapered surface, a sleeve insertable over the mouth piece and the stem and screwed to the said. threads, the mouth piece end of the sleeve having a taper to form an airtight seal with the tapered surfaceof the stem.

, In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification. 1

ADOLF GANZFRIED. I WILLIAM B. CLARY. 

